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>tomy and mattel get into a bidding war over the remains of learning curve, which itself had earlier absorbed ERTL, killing off the original diecast line in the process
>tomy wins
>so then mattel just buys the property holders to thomas outright and proceeds to wind down anything halfway decent and replace it with the cheapest, ugliest alternatives possible
Just look at this shit. I'm well aware I'm not the target audience for the line, but somehow my 3 year old daughter is just as entertained with the 25 year old wooden set I had in my childhood as I was.
